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No. 6l2,400. Patented Oct. I8, I898. A.-c0cHnAm-:.

MACHINE FOR WEAVING WIRE FENCES, 81.6.

(Application filed Nov. 29, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet i.

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No. 6l2,400. Patented'flct. l8, I898. A. COCHRANE.

MACHINE FUR WEAVING WIRE FENCES, 81.6.

(Application filed Nov. 29, 1897.) No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM OOOI-IRANE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE COCHRANE FENCEMACHINE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR WEAVING WIRE FENCES, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,400, dated October18, 1898.

Application filed November 29, 1897. Serial No. 660,105. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM COCHRANE, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for WeavingFences and other lVire Fabric; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to machines for weaving wire fences and otherwire fabric; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out particularly in theclaims.

The objects of the invention are to pr0- duce a simple, efficient, andinexpensive machine which may be operated by hand and by means of whichmany styles of wire fences maybe made, enabling the work to beaccomplished quickly and with little labor, the construction of themachine'being such as toenable it to be employed upon plain or barbedwire and in the repairing of old as well as in the construction of newfences. These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved machine in the operation of weaving or winding the vertical or.stay wire upon the lateral wires of the fence. Fig. 2 is a transversesection as on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isasimilarsection through theslotted hanger and shaft, showing the slots in said parts brought into aposition to register one with another. Fig. dis a plan view of themachine in the position substantially as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail in horizontal section through the hangerandbracket,showing in elevation the shaft journaled in said hanger. Fig. 6is an elevation of the end of the spool, showing the spring for applyingtension thereto. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through the rotaryshaft, showing the longitudinal channel in the periphery thereof and theaperture passing longitudinally therethrough. Fig. 8 is an elevation,partly broken away,of the large gear-wheel,showing the slot thereinwhich receives the lateral wire of the fence and the aperture thereinthrough which the stay-wire passes.

Referring to the letters of reference, A dos ignates a curved bracketcarrying at one end a hanger B and at the other a journal-bearingB,standing at right angles to said hanger, all of said parts beingformedintegral. Projecting at an angle from the bracket A is a handle A, bymeans of which the machine is supported.

. The hanger B is in the form of a cylindrical eled gear-wheel E,havinga hub f,which abuts against the end of the hanger B and through which aset-screw a is passed to secure said gear-wheel to said shaft.

Formed longitudinally in the periphery of the shaft 0 is a channel e,extending the entire length thereof, which registers with the slot 6',passing diametrically through the gearwheel E and through the hub ofsaid wheel, uniting with the channel in saidshaft and terminating at apoint near said wheels axis of rotation, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 8. The shaft 0 passes through the face of the wheel E, exposing theouter end of the aperture 7 passing longitudinally through the shaft Oand through which the stay-wire is fed as it is woven in the fence.

' J ournaled in the bearing B, carried by the bracket A, is a crank F,preferably in the form of a hand-brace, the journal end of which,extending beyond said bearing, is provided with a beveled pinion G,which pinion meshes with the beveled gear E, whereby said gear, itsshaft 0, andthe spool D, carried by said shaft, may be rotated through amanipulation of said crank or brace, as will be well understood.

While this device is applicable to the weaving of many forms of wirefabric, its operation will be described with reference to theapplication of vertical stay-wires to the lateral wires of a fence. Thespool D, which is journaled between the supporting-arms b, carries awinding of Wire g, from which the stay-wires are formed. This wire uponleaving said spool passes into the aperture '5, which extendslongitudinally of the shaft 0, the end of said wire 9 projecting beyondthe face of said wheel, in which position of parts the machine is readyfor the operation of attaching or weaving the stay-wires to the lateralwires of the fence, in which operation the shaft .0 is rotated, so as tocause the channel 6 therein to register with the slotted opening a inthe hanger B, which operation also causes the slot e in the Wheel E andits hub to stand in alinement with said slot at in said hanger, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. The machine is then slipped onto the lateralwire 11 of the fence, which wire passes through the slot a in the hangerand the slot e in the gear-wheel and lies in the channel e in the shaft0, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. To retain the lateral wire H within saidchannel, the catch h, which is pivoted to the cross-piece D, carryingthe spool-arms I), is turned downward over said wire, as clearly shownin Fig. 1, so as to engage and retain it in place within said channel e.The end of the stay-wire gis then secured to the lateral wire H,adjacent to the face of the gear-wheel E, when by a rotation of thecrank F said shaft is caused to rotate and wind the stay-wire g aroundthe lateral wire H, as shown at k. Then a sufficient number of wraps ofthe wire 9 around said lateralwire shall have been made, the catch h,retaining said lateral wire, is raised and the shaft turned, so as tobring its channel e to register with the slot a in the hanger, as shownin Fig. 3, when said machine'is with drawn from said wire and placedupon the next succeeding wire of the fence and the operation of windingthe stay-wire repeated. In this manner the stay-Wire may be readily andsecurely twisted around each of the lateral wires of the fence from thetop to the bottom, the stay-wire paying off of the spool D as it isconsumed.

To provide for applying tension to the spool to regulate the stressplaced upon the staywire, a fiat bowed spring I is employed, the ends ofwhich bear against the face of the disk of the spool and which isretained in place by the bolt d, which passes through said springs, aswell as through said spool. By tightening the nut 0 upon said bolt d thespring I may be drawn against the face of the spool, so as to place anydesired tension upon the stay-wire g as it-winds therefrom.

In the operation of winding the stay-wire to the lateral wires of thefence the gear E rotates in the direction indicated by the arrows, whilethe spool D, which is carried by the shaft upon which said gear ismounted, swings around the horizontal-wire II, feeding out the stay-wireas fast as it is used.

It will now be understood that by means of this improved machine variousformations of wire fabric may be woven, as the wire g-may be wovenaround fixed lateral wires in any desired manner and from either side,enabling wooden slats to be woven into the fence or fabric and securedby the wire g, if desired.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fence-machine, the combination of the hanger having alongitudinal slot therethrough, a shaft journaled in said hanger havinga longitudinal channel in its periphery, a gear-wheel on said shafthaving a diametric channel which registers with the channel in theshaft, a spool carrying a reel of stay-wire mounted on the opposite endof said shaft and adapted to revolve therewith, an interior way passinglongitudinally of said shaft eccentric to its axis of rotation adaptedto receive said stay-wire, a pinion engaging said gear-wheel, and acrank for rotating said pinion.

2. In a fence machine, the combination with the hanger having alongitudinal slot therethrough, a shaft journaled in said hanger havinga longitudinal channel therein extending to a point near its axis ofrotation, the gear-wheel on said shaft having a diametric channel whichregisters with the channel in said shaft, inclined arms mounted on theopposite end of said shaft, said arms projecting obliquely outward theirfree ends standing out of axial alinement with said shaft the spoolcarrying the stay-wire journaled between said arms, an internal waypassing longitudinally of said shaft eccentric to its axis of rotationadapted to carry said stay-wire, a pinion engaging said gear-wheel, anda crank for rotating said pinion.

3. In a fence-machine, the combination of a curved bracket carrying ahanger at one end having a longitudinal slot therethrough, a shaftjournaled in said hanger having a longitudinal channel therein extendingdiametrically to a point near its axis of rotation, a gear-wheel on oneend of said shaft having a diametric channel which registers with thechannel in said shaft, inclined parallel arms mounted'on the oppositeend of said shaft, a spool adapted to carry the stay-wire journaledbetween the ends of said arms, said spool standing out of axialalinement with said shaft, said shaft being provided with a longitudinalaperture eccentric to its axis of rotation adapted to carry saidstay-wire, a crank journaled in the bearing on the outer end of saidbracket and standing at right angles to said channeled shaft, and apinion carried on the journaled end of said crank meshing with saidgear-wheel.

4. In a fence-machine, the combination of the slotted hanger, thechanneled shaft j ournaled in said hanger, said channel bei 11;; adaptedto receive the fixed lateral wire which projects beyond the endsthereof, the pivoted catch for retaining the Wire within the channel ofthe shaft, the spool carrying a winding of stay-wire mounted on saidshaft and adapted to revolve therewith, means for applying tension tosaid spool, said shaft having a longitudinal way therethrough eccentricto its 10 axis of rotation adapted to carry said staywire, and means forrotating said shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ADAM OOCHRANE. Witnesses:

RODERICK COCHRANE, EDGAR S. WHEELER.

